Trump admin files 'long shot' lawsuit after California wouldn't open a thumb drive of alleged non-citizens

Source: Yahoo News
Published on: 2026-10-15 22:00

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Trump administration made good on threats that it would sue California over unvetted non-citizen voter claims, with a lawsuit legal experts are describing as a "long shot" and "a press release masquerading as litigation." The new lawsuit filed Thursday in Los Angeles seeks to block state election officials from counting the ballots of some 20,000 people the administration believes could be non-citizens. It's the latest effort by President Donald Trump - who has for years made unfounded claims of mass voter fraud - to inject his administration into how elections are run, a task the Constitution primarily assigns the states. The Justice Department earlier this week dropped off a thumb-drive with people it believes could be noncitizens who registered to vote with the office of Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder...

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